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# get yourself
adaware - google it.. think you've got nasty spyware..
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:46, archived)
# Um, thanks
Ok... what is adaware? And ~embarrassed~ what's spyware?
(~Sunny~, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:50, archived)
# spyware is nasty programs that
screw up your browsing and grab whatever you are looking at to use as marketing data.. like bonzai buddy or comet cursor.. foul things - trust me.

Adaware is a lovely free program by Lavasoft that clears all that sort of shit out.
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:52, archived)
# Uh-huh
Okay... does it destroy stuff already there?
(~Sunny~, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:54, archived)
# yup
that's all it does.

Get the latest google toolbar to protect you from popups and never click OK to anything, and you shouldn't get anything else.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 17:04, archived)
# that's NEVER click OK to ANYTHING
EVER ANYWHERE.
(I helped save b3ta! thorpe www.voodootrombonequartet.com, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 17:07, archived)
# It's...
...nasy evil software that installs itself on your system and sends information to other people, or downloads adverts that you don't want to see.

If adaware doesn't work, I find Spybot - Search and Destroy to be quite good too.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Fri 5 Sep 2003, 16:52, archived)